Template:On this day/October 21
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- 1778 – The David Lewis Sr., a prominent inhabitant of early Albemarle County, namesake of Lewis Mountain (as well as the accompanying Lewis Mountain Road), which was located on his plantation just west of the University, wrote his Last Will & Testament. The family story says that David was about to marry for the 4th time when he died at the age 93 after over-exerting himself while cutting down a tree on a hot day in August 1779.
- 1803 – President Thomas Jefferson sent a message to Congress the day after the Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase Treaty for ratification.
- 1982 – the Delevan Baptist Church was placed in the National Register of Historic Please.
- 1976 – Grace Episcopal Church, a colonial-era church located in Keswick is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.